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Roasted Pheasant
Roasted Pheasant Recipe Have you tried to cook pheasant, but it turned out a little fowl? Try this simple roasted pheasant recipe, it’s a wild game changer! You can season it with fresh herbs from your garden…. if you have the thyme. How to Make Roasted Pheasant This recipe makes enough to feed 4 people in a 6 quart Instant Pot. You could use the 1.5x box to feed 6 in an 8 quart Instant Pot, or the 0.5x box to feed 2 in a 3 quart Instant Pot. Simple Roasted Pheasant Recipe Do you enjoy pheasant hunting, but haven’t …
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Pheasant Soup
Homemade Pheasant Noodle Soup This delicious homemade pheasant soup will warm your soul. This old-fashioned pheasant noodle soup partners well with homemade dinner rolls, and is one of the most comforting comfort foods you’ll ever eat. Instant Pot Pheasant Soup Recipe This is a dump-and-go pheasant noodle soup recipe, allowing you to prep the instant pot in the morning and come home to dinner almost ready (you’ll just need to boil the noodles for 15 minutes, while the rolls bake). Cookie wild pheasant has never been easier, so bag your pheasant limit and take home your hunting prizes! Pheasant Soup …
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Pear Recipes for Pears Season
The Best Pear Recipes for Pears Season August is the time when pears are ready for harvest. If you have a mature pear tree, you probably have so many pears that you’re not sure what to do with all of them. Pears are always good as a dessert dish, or served well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. We have some delicious but uncommon pear recipes that will use up your bountiful harvest of pears (including cocktails recipe that doesn’t require peeling or slicing). This article has the best pear recipes, the health benefits of pears, and a guide …
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Blackberry Cookies
The Best Blackberry Cookies Recipe There’s nothing quite like the aroma and taste of homemade blackberry cookies. And yes, you can make them too – no baking pro skills are needed! Not only are cookies the most popular homemade dessert, they are also healthier than anything you would find in the store. Plus, they make the perfect grab-and-go treat. So why not give them a try? I guarantee you won’t regret it – these blackberry cookies are sure to become your go-to blackberry recipe. Easy Blackberry Cookie Recipe Fresh-baked cookies make any kitchen feel like home. From the moment the …
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Pear Cookies
The Best Pear Cookie You’ve probably never thought about making pear cookies before, but I guarantee that once you try them, they will become your go-to pear recipe! Cookies are the most popular homemade dessert. They are easy to make, healthier than store-bought, and are a convenient grab-and-go dessert. Easy Pear Cookie Recipe Baking your own cookies will fill your kitchen with a delectable aroma. The smell of freshly baked cookies is so welcoming and comforting, that real estate agents will put out a spread of cookies to help sell houses. Old Fashioned Pear Cookie Ingredients Equipment Needed to Make …
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Pear Muffins
Pear Muffins Recipe This pear muffin recipe creates the perfect, delicate, airy muffin with a slightly crunchy sugar crust topping. The delicious contrast in texture will make this your favorite muffin recipe. Easy Pear Recipes The secret to baking the best pear muffins is to use real butter (not oil) and milk. Butter gives off a better flavor when compared to oil, while milk creates a lighter muffin when compared to using sour cream, yogurt, and buttermilk. Homemade Pear Muffin Ingredients Equipment Needed to Make Pear Muffins How to Make Homemade Pear Muffins This recipe makes 12 delicious pear muffins. …
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Canned Pears
Canning Pears Recipe Canning pears in a light syrup is a great way to preserve your pear harvest. Enjoy eating your canned pears later as a side dish, in oatmeal, or use them to make pear muffins, pear cookies, or pear cobbler. Ingredients Needed for Canning Pears Equipment Needed for Canned Pears This list includes Amazon affiliate links, and will open in a new tab. How to Water Bath Can Pears This canned pear recipe makes about 12 half-pint jars. Use the 2x to make 12 pint jars (or 9 pints and 6 half pints), or the 3x to make …
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Strawberry Jam Recipe
The Best Strawberry Jam Recipe Ever Strawberry jam is a great way to preserve strawberries from the garden to enjoy later. Strawberry jam tastes great on toast, on pancakes, in cookies, in oatmeal, and more. How to Make Strawberry Jam Strawberries are not high in natural pectin, so it will take more sugar to thicken the jam. You can add pectin to reduce the amount of sugar in the jam. Depending on the varieties of your strawberry plants, you may not have enough strawberries to enjoy and make jam in a single harvest (especially the first year of harvest). Strawberries …
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Strawberry Season: Strawberries Everywhere
Strawberry Season Has Arrived Learn about the health benefits of homegrown strawberries over store bought, how to grow your own strawberries, strawberry storage options, and some of our favorite strawberry recipes. Health Benefits of Strawberries Strawberry nutrition ranks pretty high, as strawberries contain tons of vitamin C. Strawberries also contain vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin B6, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, and carotenoids. Strawberries are also a good source of manganese, iodine, magnesium, copper, iron, and phosphorus. In addition to providing vitamins and minerals, studies have shown that strawberries can have beneficial health effects when consumed regularly. 5 studies …
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Rhubarb
Rhubarb Benefits Rhubarb has been used as a traditional medicine for over 2,000 years. Historically, rhubarb consumption is used to treat constipation, inflammation, viral infections, diabetes, and tumors. The main pharmacological ingredient is emodin, and the main source of consumption of it is from eating rhubarb. The roots and rhizomes of rhubarb contain about 2.31 mg/g of emodin. Emodin has been studied extensively in recent years, because of the health effects on gut health, anti-bacterial and anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrosis, anti-cancer, and anti-allergy. Common Pesticides Applied to the Rhubarb Plant Rhubarb Season You can enjoy fresh a fresh rhubarb harvest from May to …
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Rhubarb Muffins
Perfect Rhubarb Muffins This recipe creates the perfect, delicate, airy muffin with a slightly crunchy sugar crust topping. The delicious contrast in texture will make this your favorite muffin recipe. The Best Rhubarb Muffins Recipe The secret to baking the best muffins is to use real butter (not oil) and milk. Butter gives off a better flavor when compared to oil, while milk creates a lighter muffin when compared to using sour cream, yogurt, and buttermilk. Homemade Rhubarb Muffin Ingredients Equipment Needed to Make Rhubarb Muffins How to Make Homemade Rhubarb Muffins This recipe makes 12 delicious rhubarb muffins. To …
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Rhubarb Jam Recipe
Old Fashioned Rhubarb Jam Recipe Rhubarb jam is a great way to preserve rhubarb from the garden to enjoy later. Rhubarb jam tastes great on toast, on pancakes, in cookies, in oatmeal, and more. How to Make the Best Rhubarb Jam Rhubarb is not high in natural pectin, so it will take more sugar to thicken the jam. You can add pectin to reduce the amount of sugar in the jam. Rhubarb tastes best when harvested in early summer. You can still use rhubarb harvested in late summer, however, the taste will be subpar as it goes to seed. Slow …
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Rhubarb Wine Recipe
Simple Rhubarb Wine Recipe Homemade rhubarb wine is easy to make, and takes only a few ingredients. While many people do not like raw rhubarb, it tastes much better cooked into a dessert or dish. Rhubarb wine is a sweet wine that tastes similar to rosé wine. Health Benefits of Rhubarb Rhubarb has been used as a traditional medicine for over 2,000 years. Historically, rhubarb consumption is used to treat constipation, inflammation, viral infections, diabetes, and tumors. The main pharmacological ingredient is emodin, and the main source of consumption of it is from eating rhubarb. The roots and rhizomes of …
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Tomato Wine Recipe
Easy Tomato Wine Recipe Did you know that you can make wine out of tomatoes? Tomato wine is a great way to utilize an over-abundant tomato garden! Just set it, and forget it, and you’ll enjoy a fermented adult beverage around New Year. Tomato Wine Pairing Tomato wine pairs well with spicy dishes like chili or tacos. The sweetness of the tomato wine will help to suppress the heat of the dish. Tomato wine tastes similar to white wine, and has a slight taste of fruit with hints of honey and a bit of zest. The sweetness of the tomato …
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Watermelon Moonshine
Easy Watermelon Moonshine Recipe Ferment your own watermelon moonshine using a just few ingredients. Old fashioned watermelon moonshine is a light tasting alcoholic beverage, preserving the juicy flavor of watermelon. Watermelon Wine Cocktail Making moonshine out of watermelons requires the use of a secondary fruit, because the low acid levels in watermelon. A common secondary fruit that does not overpower the watermelon taste is grapes. Using grapes in this recipe makes this recipe a watermelon wine recipe. Another common secondary fruit used in watermelon moonshine is strawberry. Strawberry watermelon moonshine is a delicious tasting cocktail. How to Backsweeten Watermelon Moonshine …
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Best Cranberry Wine Recipe
Cranberry Wine Benefits Alcohol Content of Cranberry Wine This homemade cranberry wine recipe yields alcohol with approximately 15% ABV. The level of alcohol depends on the type of yeast used in the recipe. Bread yeast does not survive in alcohol levels over 8%, so at 8% ABV the yeast will die, fermentation will stop, and the alcohol level will no longer rise. Brewer’s yeast will survive in alcohol levels up to 12%, so at 12% ABV the yeast will die, fermentation will stop, and alcohol levels will no longer rise. Wine and champagne yeast will survive in alcohol levels of …
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Best Dandelion Wine Recipe
Dandelion Wine Benefits Some health benefits to drinking dandelion wine include anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, gastrointestinal health, anti-cancer, antibacterial, probiotic, hypoglycemic, and anti-artherosclerotic effects. Ancient folklore medicines have used dandelions to treat chronic inflammatory diseases like arthritis, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and liver disorders. Antioxidant studies have shown improvement in arterial wall thickness with regular dandelion extract consumption. Gastrointestinal disorders like dyspepsia, GERD, ulcerative colitis have also been shown to improve with dandelion products. Studies have also shown improvement in colorectal cancer, and a preventative in breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancers with regular dandelion root extract consumption. Studies also support dandelion’s antimicrobial …
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DIY Limestone Foundation Repair and Waterproofing
Our kids are getting older, and we decided it was time to fix up the basement and build a hangout spot for them. In order to fix up the basement, we had to fix the limestone foundation walls that were allowing rain to enter the basement. We would get about 20 gallons of water in the basement with heavy rainfalls, about 3-4 times per year. (We already replaced the gutters a few years back, which reduced the amount of water in the basement from about 40 gallons of water monthly.) It was time we tuckpoint the exterior limestone basement walls …
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Best Hunter’s Pie (Venison Shepherd’s Pie)
The hunter’s version of Shepherd’s pie, using ground deer meat (or ground elk meat) instead of ground lamb or ground beef (also known as Cottage Pie). Venison Shepherd’s Pie Ingredients Hunter’s Pie Equipment How to Make Shepherd’s Pie Other Delicious Venison Recipes: Sources:
Pumpkin Pie Moonshine Recipe
All the goodness and rich flavor of pumpkin pie, fermented down into an amazing fall adult beverage. Homemade pumpkin moonshine makes great gifts for weddings, adult birthdays, and holidays. This pumpkin pie moonshine is extremely easy to make. In fact, the hardest part of making pumpkin spice moonshine, is waiting for it to ferment. Health Benefits of Pumpkin Studies have shown that pumpkin is beneficial to health in many ways: Pumpkin Pie Moonshine Ingredients Makes 1 gallon (5 gallon Pumpkin Pie Moonshine Recipe Also Available) Optional Ingredients for Pumpkin Moonshine Equipment Needed for Pumpkin Spice Moonshine Instructions Sources:
Best Lumpia Recipe
One of the Best Lumpia Recipes Here is one of the best, easy lumpia recipes I’ve found using ground beef. I actually use ground venison instead of beef, but the recipe could be used for either without alterations. (I’m fortunate enough to be able to hunt deer in the corn belt, so the deer I eat has less of a gamey taste than those that I’ve hunted in the mountains.) Egg Rolls with Meat Lumpia isn’t a common dish in rural areas of the Phillipines. The Filipino-style egg rolls are more commonly found in urban and commercialized areas. Traditionally the …
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DIY Heated Garage Floor (Hydronic Floor Heat)
The secret to living in Podunk USA is being able to fix just about anything. In order to fix things, you’ll need tools. In order to find your tools when you need them, you’ll need a garage or shop. When things break in the winter, fixing them in a heated shop is better than in outside in cold, frigid temperatures. Heating the Garage When we started to fix up our old pole barn and turn it into a shop, it didn’t take long for us to decide that we would do a hydronic radiant heat system. Hydronic radiant heating systems …
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Cherry Moonshine Recipe
Do you have a cherry tree or two? This homemade cherry pie moonshine recipe requires only a few simple ingredients and a little patience to wait for fermentation. This recipe can also make cherry wine (with or without adding grapes). Health Benefits of Cherries Consumption of cherries may reduce the risk of several chronic inflammatory diseases including, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. There are also studies that show that cherry consumption may improve sleep (within 3 days of regular cherry consumption), cognitive function, reduce gout attacks (with 2 days of regular cherry consumption), and reduce pain after strenuous exercise. …
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Strawberry Moonshine Recipe
How to Make Strawberry Moonshine Do you have a garden full of strawberries? This homemade strawberry moonshine recipe requires only a few simple ingredients and a little patience to wait for fermentation. This recipe can also be used to make strawberry wine (with or without adding grapes). Health Benefits of Strawberries Studies have found that consuming strawberries regularly can aid in nutritional therapy for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic inflammatory disease. One study also showed that regular consumption of strawberries offers further heart protection in adults with obesity and elevated cholesterol. You can read more about the health benefits of …
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Blackberry Moonshine Recipe
Do you have wild blackberries growing on your property or in your garden? This homemade blackberry moonshine recipe requires only a few simple ingredients and a little patience to wait for fermentation. This blackberry brandy recipe can also be diluted to make homemade blackberry wine. Health Benefits of Blackberries Blackberries are widely known for their anticancer properties, due to their abundance of antioxidants. Studies have shown that regular consumption of blackberries is effective at reducing the risk of esophageal, cervical, and breast cancer. Blackberries are also known to relieve hemorrhoids and intestinal inflammation. Blackberry leaves can also ease mouth ulcers, …
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Best Raspberry Syrup Recipe
Raspberries grow wild in my timber, and making raspberry syrup is one way to enjoy our foraged food all year. In addition to topping pancakes, french toast, and ice cream, you can add your own raspberry syrup to iced tea, lemonade, coffee, or adult beverages. Homemade Raspberry Syrup is Better Than Store-Bought Canned syrups and jams make great Christmas gifts, especially when everyone knows that it came from your own harvest! Canned Amish and specialty foods often sell for $5 for the small 4 ounce jelly jars, up to $40 for large 32 ounce quart jars. So don’t undervalue your …
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The Best Pear Moonshine Recipe (Easy Recipe)
If you’re looking for ways to preserve your pears from your pear tree, try this homemade pear moonshine recipe. This pear liqueur recipe can also be altered slightly to make the best pear wine. With minimal prep, this will be your new favorite way to preserve your pear harvest. Ingredients Needed to Make Pear Brandy You’ll only need a few ingredients to make this homemade pear brandy. Pears from your own pear tree, or from local farmers’ markets will work best. Store-bought pears have preservatives applied that prohibit the natural yeast needed for the fermentation process. If using store-bought pears, …
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Best Mulberry Moonshine Recipe
If you have a mulberry tree or two and have tons of mulberries, you can put them to use by making mulberry moonshine. This recipe requires only a few ingredients and time for fermentation. This mulberry brandy recipe can also be diluted a bit to make homemade mulberry wine. Harvesting Mulberries Harvesting mulberries can be done by picking the berries by hand, or laying cheap bedsheets down and shaking the tree. The ripe mulberries will fall onto the sheets for easy collection. Most mulberry trees will produce a crop with a harvest period of June through August. If you need …
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DIY Powder Room Remodel: Before and After
DIY Powder Room Makeover on a Budget When we bought our old foursquare farmhouse, we knew we wanted to go over-the-top with the decor in this tiny bathroom. The half bath on the main floor is the bathroom that most of our guests use, and we were excited to go a bit crazy with one of our room makeovers. Bathroom Demo Day! The most exciting day for us, as we get to peel back the layers and uncover centuries old craftsmanship (that have been covered by decades of farmer-rigged work). Half of our problems were already exposed, since the room …
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Amerian Foursquare Kitchen Remodel
The American Foursquare House Updating our old foursquare kitchen ended up being a lot more work than I initially thought it would be. While the craftsmanship of the house is impressive, the plumbing, electrical, and accessories of the house were downright hazardous. We had schedule 40 PVC pipe supplying water to the sink (even hot water), improperly rated knob and tube wiring supplying electricity to modern appliances, and flooring that sank about 1.5-2 inches in the middle. We were also unaware that the footings to the laundry room addition off the kitchen were less than 1 foot deep (our frost …
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Best Ground Venison Soup Recipe
An easy hamburger soup to make (or great recipe for canning) utilizing deer meat, vegetables, broth, and seasoning. Partnered with homemade rolls, for a quick and delicious soup dinner ready in 30-45 minutes. This vegetable soup works well with and wild game meat including ground deer, ground venison, and ground beef. I haven’t tried ground turkey or pork, but I imagine it would also taste great. (Please let us know in the comments!) Health Benefits of Venison There are a number of ingredients in this recipe that can be easily grown yourself. Homegrown vegetables have no added preservatives and pesticides, …
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Best Ground Venison Salisbury Steak Recipe
A classic Salisbury steak recipe using ground venison and a blend of spices, cooked in an instant pot with gravy topped with a rack of potatoes. A meal and side dish all in one pot, prepped in about 15 minutes, delicious and ready to eat when you get home from a long day at work! (You’ll love the smell of dinner welcoming you home!) Dump and Go Instant Pot Ground Venison Salisbury Steaks This recipe works well with ground venison, however ground beef also works well. This easy recipe is almost a dump and go instant pot recipe. My dump …
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Best Loaded Breakfast Skillet Recipe
Loaded Breakfast Skillet This country breakfast will fill you up, and keep you full almost all day (great for busy days on the farm). Composed of sausage, bacon, eggs, potatoes, and cheese, there is plenty of protein in this delicious breakfast for those hard working muscles. Cowboy Breakfast Skillet This easy breakfast skillet recipe is great for a hearty breakfast for the whole family, and can easily be modified to feed more people (especially if you have overnight guests). Feel free to add more potatoes, eggs, and cheese to expand the recipe to fit 1 – 2 more people. If …
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Homemade Maple Syrup Recipe (from Maple Sap)
How to Make Maple Syrup from Maple Sap Tapping sugar maple trees is one of the first signs of spring. Maple syrup season starts when daytime temperatures climb to 35 degrees or more, and nighttime temperatures drop below freezing. (For our area this begins in late February to early March.) This temperature swing encourages the flow of sap from the roots through the trunk and to the branches. The end of the season occurs when sap flow decreases, or when the tree begins to produce buds for leaves (whichever comes first). You can tap any kind of maple tree, and …
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Make a DIY Mudroom Bench
How to Build a Mudroom Bench Building a DIY mudroom bench was the first upgrade to our mudroom breezeway addition that we tackled. We were lucky enough to have the space to build 2 benches, one intended for my husband and me, the other for the kids. We also wanted to make a shelf above the benches for hats, gloves, sunglasses, and other miscellaneous items that keep ending up on the kitchen counter. This article will show you how to build a sturdy, open bottom mudroom bench with storage for shoes, and how much it costs. Built-In Bench Materials List …
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Venison Breakfast Sausage Recipe
Breakfast sausage patties are basically ground meat and sausage seasonings (which you probably already have in your spice rack). This is a simple recipe, using just a pound of ground venison, and a few spices. You can make this recipe hot and spicy (copycat Jimmy Dean’s Spicy Sausage), or mild (copycat Jimmy Dean’s Regular Sausage), depending on the amount of cayenne and red pepper flakes. This homemade venison sausage recipes is excellent for sausage patties, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast burritos, or breakfast pizza. This venison recipe can be used with different types of sausages meats like ground venison, ground pork, ground …
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Venison Burger Recipe (for the BEST Deer Burgers)
If you’re an avid hunter looking for a recipe for juicy venison burgers, check out this wild game burgers recipe! This easy venison burger recipe uses only a few spices, and creates flavorful burgers topped with your favorite toppings. Venison Burgers Fat Content We have our local butcher process our deer meat after hunting season, and they add 30% ground beef to the ground deer meat. This increases the fat content of our burger some, but also reduces the “gamey” flavor straight deer meat can have. You can definitely cook deer burgers without adding beef or fat, the seasoning will …
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Venison Pot Pie Recipe With Homemade Pie Crust
One great way to use up some wild game meat is to cook a venison pot pie. While it sounds complicated, it is actually fairly easy to make. The most difficult part is smelling the food cook for 30 minutes in the oven while hungry! Even the homemade pie crust is easy to whip up! Ingredients needed for the meat mixture filling: Ingredients needed for the pie crust: Pot Pie Recipe Tips: I use a food processor to mix the pie crust, because the blades cut through the cold butter and blend it quicker than a stand mixer. The key …
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The Best Venison Roast Recipe
Venison Roast with Vegetables Recipe If you are looking for a quick and easy, dump and go instant pot venison roast recipe, give this one a try. With about 5 minutes of prep time, and only a few ingredients, this deer roast recipe will become one of your family’s favorite healthy meals. Deer Roast Ingredients In my house, we cook deer meat for at least 75% of our meals. We haven’t had a beef roast in many years, but this venison roast recipe should work well for many types of read meat roasts. Cooking a venison pot roast ingredients include …
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Easy Venison Tater Tot Casserole
If you’re looking for an easy dinner recipe to add to your weekly meal plan, then check out this venison tater tot casserole recipe. This is a venison recipe I learned to make as a child, so it is very easy to make (and a family favorite)! Deer tater tot casserole takes about 20 minutes of prep, and about another 20 minutes of oven time. I use only 5 ingredients, so this hot dish recipe is also great if you don’t have many groceries in the house. Venison Taste vs Beef Venison tastes similar to beef, and you almost can’t …
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Best Venison Tacos Recipe
Best Seasoning for Deer Meat The homemade taco seasoning in this recipe is easy to prep, and tastes very similar to McCormick’s taco seasoning packets. I usually prep a mason jar full of it so that it is ready to use on deer tacos and my venison cheeseburger macaroni recipe. The seasoning includes chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, paprika, cumin, salt, and black pepper. How to Make Venison Taste Like Beef If you have gamey tasting wild game meat, try mixing some beef in with the ground venison. We have the locker add 30% ground …
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Venison Stew Recipe
This is a simple, dump and go venison stew recipe. This deer stew recipe works wonderfully in a slow cooker (Amazon affiliate link), on low heat for 6-8 hours. It is a hearty stew, using wild game meat simmered all day in beef broth, which eliminates the gamey taste of venison. Cooked with garden fresh potatoes and medium carrots, this is one of the healthiest venison recipes that can be cooked all winter long. Easy Prep, Dump-And-Go Recipe With about 10 minutes of prep time, this is one of my favorite easy recipes that I can prep before work, and …
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Best Venison Chili Recipe
If you are looking for a delicious ground venison recipe, try this quick and easy venison chili recipe. It take almost no time, and can be partnered with homemade honey cornbread muffins (which can be ready around the same time, if started when defrosting the ground deer meat). I love a big pot of chili for supper on those cold winter evenings, and it can simmer while out shoveling snow and will be ready to warm you up and fill your belly afterward (this is a thick chili recipe). Crockpot Venison Chili I prefer the taste of deer chili cooked …
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Easy Homemade Ground Venison Cheeseburger Macaroni (Hamburger Helper Copycat)
One-pot Meal This easy homemade venison cheeseburger macaroni recipe will quickly become one of your regular meals that your whole family will love. It tastes a lot better than the boxed version, and doesn’t have all of the preservatives found in a box of Hamburger Helper. This homemade copycat version is still a one-pot meal, and the easy cleanup makes my favorite dinners even better. Ingredients You’ll need a large skillet (I use my cast iron dutch oven, Amazon affiliate link), ground venison, taco seasoning (recipe link), tomatoes (you can use Rotel if you like a little spice), beef broth, …
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Easy Venison Stroganoff Recipe
Comfort Food This venison stroganoff recipe is one of my family’s favorite ways to eat wild game meat. We use ground deer meat that we hunted, from scratch egg noodles, and home canned beef broth. Partnered with homemade dinner rolls or biscuits, this is amazing comfort food. Amazing flavor when cooked in cast iron Venison stroganoff tastes best when cooked in a cast iron dutch oven (Amazon affiliate link). Most wild game recipes have great flavor when cooked in cast iron, and is also healthier than when cooked in toxic nonstick pots and pans (read more about toxic nonstick cookware …
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Easy Homemade Biscuits and Venison Sausage Gravy Recipe
A Hearty Breakfast Our family looks forward to breakfast on weekends, and nothing ties us over longer than these homemade biscuits and venison gravy! We can eat these around 10:00 am and be full until supper at 5:00 pm. (Perfect for those long days of working on the farm!) Deer sausage is nothing more than ground venison and seasoning (we have the locker add 30% ground beef to our ground deer meat, so that it doesn’t dry out too much). If you are a deer hunter, this tried and true recipe is the best way to utilize the deer harvest …
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Best Outdoor Firewood Storage Rack Ideas
Firewood Rack Ideas The most convenient way we have found to store our firewood, is in outdoor firewood racks made from old IBC containers. The reason it is convenient, is because we are able to use our skid loader with forks to move it from our outdoor firewood storage area into our garage for indoor use in our wood stove. (Check out this article about us moving our storage shed with our skid loader.) Firewood Storage Location Your wood pile should not be stored near your home or garage, as it quickly can become a home for carpenter ants and …
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DIY Chicken Coop: Repurpose An Old Shed Into a Chicken Coop
One cheap way to build your own chicken coop, is to look for a used garden shed that you can take home for next to nothing. This is one of our DIY projects that we were able to complete in a weekend. We were given an old wood frame shed for free, which we turned into an insulated chicken coop that will last us for decades. We determined that the building was large enough to accommodate our flock. The minimum square foot recommendation for a chicken coop is 3 to 5 square feet per chicken if they have access to …
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Old House DIY Renovations: Garage and Mudroom Breezeway Addition
Building a breezeway mudroom addition can be DIY, or partially DIY to save money. Here’s some ideas of how to build a valuable addition to your home.
Essential Tools for the Frugal Homesteader
Homesteading is a lot easier with the right tools. We’ve composed a list of inexpensive tools that have helped us save time and energy. The average American can benefit from these tools, you don’t need a farmhouse to appreciate these tools!